World / Middle East

UN Condemns Attack on Iranian Exiles Camp in Iraq 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned the attack that occurred Thursday evening on a camp located near Baghdad International Airport that...

Text: Joint communique issued after Vienna Syria talks 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) listen while UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de...

France's Sephora to open shops in Iran next year-sources 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Sephora Store at Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada By Astrid Wendlandt and Pascale Denis PARIS: France's Sephora plans to open several...

UNICEF: Millions of Iraqi kids deprived of education 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Geneva: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today said that an estimated two million children in Iraq have no access to...

Russia says hit 1,623 targets in Syria in bombing campaign 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russia on Friday said its airforce had destroyed 1,623 "terrorist targets" in Syria in a month-old bombing campaign to support forces loyal...

Palestinians urge faster ICC probe into Israel 'war crimes' 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

File picture The Hague: Top Palestinian officials Friday urged the world's only permanent war crimes court to speed up a probe into allegations...

In policy shift, Obama approves deployment of small U.S. special forces mission to Syria 31 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Arshad Mohammed, Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON: The United States will deploy dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria from...

Seized Turkish media outlets turn pro-government overnight 30 Oct 2015 - 06:45 pm

Recep Tayyip Erdogan By Ayla Jean Yackley and Hamdi Istanbullu ISTANBUL: Two Turkish opposition newspapers seized in a crackdown on an arch-enemy of...

'Extremely severe' cyclone heading for Yemen, Oman: UN 30 Oct 2015 - 06:04 pm

Geneva: The UN's weather agency warned Friday a "super cyclonic storm" was heading towards Oman and war-ravaged Yemen, where it could strike with...

Iran and Syria, the ties that bind 30 Oct 2015 - 05:04 pm

Vienna: Iran's first presence in international talks on Syria underscore a special relationship between the two countries' governments, based in part on a...

Iran backs six-month Syria "transition" at Vienna peace talks 30 Oct 2015 - 04:43 pm

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2015. Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev By Parisa Hafezi and...

Torrential rain wreaks havoc in Iraq 29 Oct 2015 - 10:29 am

Baghdad: Torrential rain caused chaos across several parts of Iraq on Thursday, with the water causing thigh-high flooding on some Baghdad streets and...

Saudi FM renews rejection of any role for Assad in Syria's future 29 Oct 2015 - 09:33 am

Riyadh: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir emphasized the importance of finding a solution for the Syrian crisis...

Cargo airplane crashes in Somalia: government official 29 Oct 2015 - 09:26 am

Mogadishu: A cargo airplane with around 10 crew members has crash landed in Somalia in territory controlled by the Islamist Shebab insurgents outside...

Top diplomats seek common ground on Syria in Vienna talks 29 Oct 2015 - 09:17 am

Vienna: Key players in the diplomatic push to end the Syrian war were to meet Thursday seeking common ground over a political transition,...

35 killed in strikes on Syria hospitals: MSF 29 Oct 2015 - 08:47 am

Beirut: A "significant increase" of air strikes on Syrian hospitals recently has killed at least 35 patients and medical staff and wounded 72,...

Turkish police storm TV stations linked to Erdogan rival 29 Oct 2015 - 08:31 am

Turkish police clash with supporters and employees of Bugun newspaper and Kanalturk television station holding up umbrellas during a protest in Istanbul against...